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Nkosana Makate

#PleaseCallMe movement urges Vodacom users to ditch the network
Article
/ 31 January 2019

#PleaseCallMe movement urges Vodacom users to ditch the network

Nkosana Makate has been negotiating with Vodacom for several years in an attempt to get “reasonable compensation” for the free message service

By Mashadi Kekana
Madonsela backs calls for Vodacom to settle Please Call Me saga
Article
/ 30 January 2019

Madonsela backs calls for Vodacom to settle Please Call Me saga

The former public protector has urged the mobile company to ‘do the right thing’ by resolving the impasse with the inventor of the phone service

By Mashadi Kekana
Vodacom ‘Please Call Me’ settlement offer ‘an insult’ – Makate
Article
/ 15 January 2019

Vodacom ‘Please Call Me’ settlement offer ‘an insult’ – Makate

Vodacom claims to have reached a settlement with Nkosana Makate but he has refuted these claims

By Mashadi Kekana
‘Please Call Me’ inventor agrees to Vodacom gag order
Article
/ 26 June 2018

‘Please Call Me’ inventor agrees to Vodacom gag order

Vodacom approached the High Court to seek an interdict to prohibit Nkosana Makate from disclosing any information to outside parties

By Alex Mitchley
There’s still no answer to Please Call Me. Now they want the arbitrator to hang up
Article
/ 28 July 2016

There’s still no answer to Please Call Me. Now they want the arbitrator to hang up

New ‘sideshow’ stalls Nkosana Makate’s negotiation with Vodacom.

By Jessica Bezuidenhout
Mr Please Call Me’s story destined for a book and the big screen
Article
/ 28 April 2016

Mr Please Call Me’s story destined for a book and the big screen

Rebecca Davis interviews Nkosana Makate, the originator of Vodacom’s free messaging concept, who’s won his 15-year battle against the cellphone giant.

By Staff Reporter
Chirping classes: When Pinky Khoabane comes calling
Article
/ 6 September 2013

Chirping classes: When Pinky Khoabane comes calling

The contrarian who made her name by stoking controversy in the Sunday papers is using Twitter to champion the little guy in the ‘Please Call Me’ tale.

By Percy Zvomuya
‘Please Call Me’ plaintiff got R5m boost
Article
/ 12 August 2013

‘Please Call Me’ plaintiff got R5m boost

Sterling-Rand has emerged as plaintiff Nkosana Makate’s financial backer in the Vodacom Please Call Me case.

By Sapa
Vodacom, Makate wait for ‘Please Call Me’ judgment
Article
/ 9 August 2013

Vodacom, Makate wait for ‘Please Call Me’ judgment

Nkosana Makate is now waiting on judgment after his case against his former employer over the invention of its Please Call Me service closed.

By Devereaux Morkel
Former Vodacom employee’s ‘Please Call Me’ case goes to court
Article
/ 6 August 2013

Former Vodacom employee’s ‘Please Call Me’ case goes to court

A man claiming that he invented the Please Call Me has been vindicated after Vodacom failed to have the case scrapped, says Business Report.

By Sapa

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